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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Few it 0 a the 8tah3 and stripe3some want Vaquero to Vamoose Houston Ai a pistol waving mexican Cowboy who Linn been Riding a rearing mount in n City Park for 11 year May noon be headed out of town. Karri county Constable Victor Trevino and others say they find the fibreglass statue a a Mem by Luis Jimenez offensive to hispanic it reminds me of the Erito Bandito Quot Trevino said Friday Quot it s just inappropriate Quot the $34,0 h statue was commissioned by the City and installed in 1082 at he site of the 1078 Moody Park race riot which left 16 people injured mayor Hob Lanier said the City will seek to determine How most residents feel about the statue before deciding whether it should be relocated Quot we Doht want to leave anything in the Parks that people Don t want Quot said Marinou Tenhet spokeswoman for the City Sparks and acc Calfon department opponents consider the statue an undignified representation of hispanic culture. Hut for others the statue is a proud Symbol of heritage and strength Quot the hispanic people in Houston at the Lime after the riots had nothing from the City to evoke a spiritual lift Quot said Lin Dolfo Locra a postal worker who attended the dedication of the statue Quot this is what or Jimenez came up with and he is a great artist Quot Locra said. Monday january 25,1993 carrying out police duties an abortion protester who tried to Block the Entrance to a clinic of the supreme court s decision to legalize abortion. The dem Rte a by police during a demonstration in Washington ont rations also came a Day after president Clinton s decision d.c., on saturday. I Ollie made at least 308 arrests in the City eliminating government restrictions on abortion counselling and As both sides or the abortion Issue marked the 20th anniversary medical research using fetal tissue. Young diners have fling if they Don t fling food lev town pump no amount of Money can buy you a seat at the exclusive Burton Bistro but avoiding food fights in the school lunchroom helps. Only Good behaviour earns a spot at Clara Barton elementary schools most exclusive of Quot restaurants Quot which features classical music a rnai tre do in a Tuxedo real silverware real beef and ice Cream for dessert. Principal Leonard Schwartz opened this once a month elite eatery in the school s Art room a year ago As a Way to Reward pupils who receive High Marks for quiet clean lunchroom behaviour a group of 29 second graders arrived one Day recently to find Schwartz dressed in Black tails offering them menus and ushering them to their tables. Five waitresses in Black Slacks and White shirts a members of the Parent teacher organization a served the children a meal of beef and pasta casserole garlic Roll tossed salad and ice Cream. Barton Bistro patrons drink out of plastic cups instead of milk Cartons and eat with silverware instead of Quot sporks Quot plastic spoons with Small Fork indentations. Schwartz encouraged pupils to Wear i heir Quot most sophisticated or adult like attire Quot to the Bistro. Krystal Anderson wore a Black velvet skirt and while lace top with dangling earrings. Quot the Best is. The food Quot said 7-Ycar-old Tara Canniff Quot it seems different even the straws Are  the food comes straight out of the school cafeteria but its the Little touches that count at the Barton Bistro latest fad for teen rebels is Pride in being a baby Springfield mass a yesterdays rebel without a cause wore u leather jacket and White to Shirl Janies Dean style today s sucks a pacifier. In the tradition of Bothy sox Madras shirts or Quot a Quot hats pacifiers Are becoming the latest teen craze in some places Hie pacifiers Are worn on a string or Chain around the neck and Are traded like class rings or Friendship bracelets some a Discalo a worry the baby accessory is really a Way of advertising Png tics or drug use. Others see it As a harmless and largely pointless use. Quot these kids need to create symbols of a belonging Ness to a social ,.group and ibis is another one of those Quot said Jim Peters principal of or Scufield Middle school he said about 21 of the school s 599 pupils tote pacifiers. Among them is sixth grader Cohn Drouin who said the mouthpiece helped him kit a  k a Day smoking habit. Quot you have something in your Mouth it just Doe it Quot Drouin said. Some Are alarmed by the fad which developed after the release of the movie Hoy n the Hood. Hie film about los Angeles area gangs includes a character who sucks a pacifier. Sage Valley Junior High school in Bijj Cylc Wyo banned the pacifiers last year and sent out a notice saying Quot pacifiers Are associated with drugs gangs arid infants. None of these associations is appropriate for Junior High  some aficionados say pacifiers help them relax Jon Unitis an 11-year-old at North Parish elementary school in Greenfield was quoted in the Springfield Union new As saying he just likes Quot How it goes a cheer Cheel when you suck it Quot Kanieja Alloro a psychologist who counsels tee i agers in the lass Angeles suburb of Downey said Pacili cts among teen agers Are Quot a regression and a Way to be Cool Quot at the same time museum Sheds new Light on illuminating subject Bali Imore a Hugh Hicks has never met a Light bulb that did no to turn him on. I passion burned so Bright lie founded a shrine to the Thomas eds Isons of the illuminated world. Its called t he mount Vernon museum of incandescent lighting Ami its Home to roughly one sixth of licks�?T60,000 bulbs. The 32-year-old museum chronicles he history of electric lighting. Its collection includes a 9,000-Watt arc lamp from t ape canaveral fla., and some of the earliest Light bulbs from Edison Laboratory m Menlo Park . Lm.b5 a 8 my it it a Quot without the Patent and development of the hermetically sealed Light Hull which was Edison s invention we would not have a modern world As we know it a a Hicks said. Quot there would he no television no air Trust no radar Scopes no computer terminals. Hus particular 1880 Patent is the basis Lor our  a since childhood Hicks has been drawn to Light bulb he a Moth to a Kimie. Quot its always been a fascination Quot said Lucks a 70-year-Ojd dentist. A was a child i collected electric Light bulbs. It drove the family crazy As time went on i had a Little display set up in the basement of our Home a Hicks opened his museum in the basement of an 1852 town Bouse that still contains his dental office. The collection can be seen by appointment and attracts about 500 people a month. I lie unique museum contains the largest Light bulb Ever made a 50,000-Watt monster built by general electric co to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Edison s invention and the smallest a it looks like a splinter of Glass and provides illumination m tools and medical instruments. 1 Here s a cockpit bulb from the Enola yay the air plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan in 19-15, and a headlight bulb from the staff car of Heinrich a Himmler Leader of nazi Germany s secret police. Walt no out a it of a Paris subway in j j >4, he saw a Row of Early Tungsten lamps bom 1 j2 on a Tunnel Arch a a prize too Good to pass. He took one out of its socket and the entire Tunnel went dark  
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